On
10 March 2012, after successful sea trials and finishing of outfitting
details, Frigate, Sultan Moulay Ismail, the second of three frigates
for the Royal Moroccan Navy built by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding
(DSNS) in Vlissingen, was transferred to the Royal Moroccan Navy. The
third frigate, Allal Ben Abdellah, was transfered on 8 September 2012.
The last two frigates are SIGMA 9813 Frigates (1,950 tonnes) while the
first Frigate delivered by DAMEN is a SIGMA 10513 Frigate (2,185 tonnes).

Morocco ordered two SIGMA 9813 and one larger SIGMA 10514 from DAMEN
in February 2008. The three SIGMA-class frigates for the Royal Moroccan
Navy have been designed according to Schelde Naval Shipbuilding's revolutionary
SIGMA-approach (Ship Integrated Geometrical Modularity Approach) and
are a further development of the SIGMA-corvettes for the Indonesian
Navy. The SIGMA approach applies modularity in many areas.

The Royal Moroccan Navy SIGMA Class frigates are equipped to conduct
the traditional naval tasks as well as maritime security operations.
The vessels are also suited to support humanitarian aid operations.

Shiplist

Name

Hull
Number

Laid
Down

Launched

Commissioned

Sultan
Moulay Ismail

614

03/2009

02/2011

03/2012

Allal
Ben Abdellah

615

09/2009

10/2011

09/2012

Variants

-
SIGMA__9113: SIGMA class Corvette
displacing 1,700 tonnes for 90 meters in length. Four vessels in use
with the Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL).
- SIGMA
10513: SIGMA class Frigate displacing 2,185 tonnes for 105 meters
in length. One vessel in use with the Royal Morrocan Navy.
- SIGMA
10514: SIGMA class Frigate displacing 2,365
tonnes for 105 meters in length. One vessel in use with the Indonesian
Navy (TNI-AL).